TRANSIENT APLASIA PRECEDING ADULT ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC-LEUKEMIA

Authors
DALESSIO A INVERNIZZI R BERNUZZI S FIAMENGHI C GIUSTO M IANNONE AM
Citation
A. Dalessio et al., TRANSIENT APLASIA PRECEDING ADULT ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC-LEUKEMIA, Haematologica, 78(2), 1993, pp. 127-128
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
Haematologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
03906078
Volume
78
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
127 - 128
Database
ISI
SICI code
0390-6078(1993)78:2<127:TAPAAL>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A 62-year-old woman developed common acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL ) after spontaneous recovery from transient marrow aplasia. Although t he mechanisms underlying bone marrow suppression in acute leukemia are obscure, it is important to know that transient aplasia may be observ ed as a prodromal feature in ALL in adult patients as well as in child ren.